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I Am Disappointed That After All Of The Struggles That We Have Had In This Country For Such A Long Time, Trying To Get Through And Beyond Racism And Bigotry And Discrimination - I Think It Is Sad. It Just Tells Us The Kind Of Work That We Have To Do As - As America, As A Nation.
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I Am Disappointed That

Bernie Sanders
I Am Disappointed That After All Of The Struggles That We Have Had In This Country For Such A Long Time, Trying To Get Through And Beyond Racism And Bigotry And Discrimination - I Think It Is Sad. It Just Tells Us The Kind Of Work That We Have To Do As - As America, As A Nation.
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America
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Decision
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Racism
Expansion
Sexism
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Hands
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Thinking
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Hands
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Crush
Home
Car
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Political Revolution
Hands
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Brave
We Have To Transform Our Energy System.
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New York
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Thinking
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Denial
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Political
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Debate
Peace And Security
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Hero
America
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California
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Cutting
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People
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Issues
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Cutting
Benefits
Social
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Independent
Donation
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People
Broken
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Guy
Parenthood
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Long
Records
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Taken
College
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Independent
Office
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Pay
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Mail
Information
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Fighting
Reality
Government
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Trying
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Kids
Cutting
Thinking
I'm Not Going To Tell You I Know George W. Bush Intimately. I'm Not Going To Tell You We're Best Friends. I'll Tell You I Met Him On A Number Of Occasions. You Know What? George W. Bush Is A Very Nice Guy. Very Funny Guy. His Wife Is A Very Nice Woman; I Thought She Was A Great First Lady. George [w.] Bush Was The Worst President In The History Of The United States Of America... The Issue Is Not Bernie Sanders. The Issue Is The Koch Brothers. The Issue Is Who Owns America.
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Nice
Numbers
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Running
Simple
Giving
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People
Racist
The Palestinian People's Needs Must Be Respected.
People
Needs
Palestinian
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Educational
People
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Years
Two
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Believe
Fighting
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Years
Judgement
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Doubt
Climate
Faces
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Running
Party
Priorities
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Moving
Government
America
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Moving
Class
To My Mind, If We Do Not Get A Handle On Money In Politics And The Degree To Which Big Money Controls The Political Process In This Country, Nobody Is Going To Bring About The Changes That Is Needed In This Country For The Middle Class And Working Families.
Country
Class
Political
Message To The Billionaire Class: You Can't Have It All!
Class
Messages
Billionaire
We Need Real Tax Reform Which Makes The Rich And Profitable Corporations Begin To Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes. We Need A Tax System Which Is Fair And Progressive. Children Should Not Go Hungry In This Country While Profitable Corporations And The Wealthy Avoid Their Tax Responsibilities By Stashing Their Money In The Cayman Islands.
Country
Children
Real
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Jobs
Kings
Believe
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Running
Strong
Agreement
You Know, Let Me Be Very Clear. I Supported Barack Obama Originally.
Let Me
Clear
Barack
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President
Knows
Financing
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Jobs
Class
Giving
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Independent
People
United States
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Country
Support
Needs
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Hurt
Pain
Thinking
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Real
Waiting
Understanding
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Country
Night
Reality
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Country
School
Mean
You've Got The Top 400 Americans Owning More Wealth Than The Bottom 150 Million Americans. Most Folks Do Not Think That Is Right.
Thinking
Wealth
Folks
What Does A Political Revolution Look Like? It Means That 80 Percent Of The People Vote In National Elections, Not 40 Percent. It Means That Billionaires Can't Make Unlimited Campaign Contributions And Buy And Sell Politicians. It Means That The U.s. Government Represents The Needs Of All The People, Not Just The 1 Percent And Their Lobbyists.
Mean
Government
Political Revolution
It Means Joining With Allies To Deploy Renewable Energy Technologies -- Both At Home And Around The World -- To Confront The Very Real And Present Danger Of Potentially Irreversible Climate Change.
Change
Real
Mean
I've Run For Statewide Office Plenty Of Times, And People Know Me.
Running
People
Office
I Wanna End The International Embarrassment Of The United States Of America Being The Only Major Country On Earth That Doesn't Guarantee Health Care To All People As A Right, Not A Privilege.
Country
America
People
We Are Looking At A Lot Of Dishonest News That Comes Across Where People Are Lying Outrageously About Other People. And I Hope That Folks On All Sides Could Say, "look, I Disagree With Him Or Her, But That Is An Outrageous Lie."
Lying
People
Disagree
Demagogues Like [donald] Trump Come Along. He Says I Know What The Cause Is. Remember, Later, The Cause Was That Mexicans Who Are Coming To This Country, Well, They Were Criminals Or Rapists. Now It Is Muslims.
Country
Criminals
Causes
We Need An Energy Revolution By Breaking Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels, Polluting Fuels... I Am Very, Very Confident Our Small State Will Lead This. We Will Be Noticed By The Country And The World.
Country
Energy
Needs
If You Are Not Prepared Top Take Care Of The Men And Women Who Put Their Lives On The Line To Defend This Country - Who Came Back Wounded In Body, Wounded In Spirit - If You're Not Prepared To Help Those People, Then Don't Send Them To War In The First Place.
Country
War
Men
I Do Believe That Billionaires And Multi-millionaires Should Be Paying More In Taxes.
Believe
Should
Millionaire
How Do We Say, Why Do You Keep Voting For People Who Are Giving More Tax Breaks To Billionaires, Who Are Going To Send Your Jobs Abroad, Not Going To Let You Form A Union, Not Going To Allow Your Kids To Go To College? Why Do You Keep Voting For These Guys?
Jobs
Kids
College
Wish We Could, And Allow The Taliban Or Anybody Else To Reclaim That Country. But What We Must Do Is Some Progress In Iraq, Where Finally The Iraqi Army, Which Has Not Been A Particularly Effective Fighting Force, Retook Ramadi.
Country
Fighting
Army
What The American People Want To See In Their President Is Somebody Who Not Necessarily Can Win Every Fight, But They Want To See Him Stand Up And Fight For What He Believes, Take His Case To The American People.
Believe
Fighting
Winning
We Have To Enforce The Individual Mandate. We're Losing A Lot Of Money That Is Not Coming Into The System.
Losing
Individual
In My View, One Of The Major Reasons That We Have So Many People In Jail Is That We Have Turned Our Backs On A Lot Young People.
Views
Jail
People
What I Think People Should Realize Is That Programs Like Social Security, Programs Like Medicare, Programs Like The Veterans Administration, Programs Like Your Local Park And Your Local Library - Those Are, If You Like, Socialist Programs; They're Run By [and] For The Public, Not To Make Money. I Think In Many Ways We Should Expand That Concept So That The American People Can Enjoy The Same Benefits That People All Over The World Are Currently Enjoying.
Running
Thinking
People
Are We Prepared To Take On The Enormous Political Power Of The Billionaire Class Or Do We Continue To Slide Into Economic And Political Oligarchy?
Class
Political
Oligarchy
I Do Believe That If Millions Of People Do Stand Up And Fight Back, We Can Stop Donald Trump From Doing Some Really Awful Things.
Believe
Fighting
People
I Surely Remember Being In The Administration Building Sitting In Long Sleepless Nights And Working With Young People To Do The Right Thing. And That Is To Tell Our University, At That Time, The University Of Chicago, That It Was Wrong To Own And Maintain Segregated Housing. I Remember It Very Well.
Night
Long
People
The Tpp Is Another Corporate-backed Agreement That Is The Latest In A Series Of Trade Policies Which Have Cost Us Millions Of Decent-paying Jobs, Pushed Down Wages For American Workers And Led To The Decline Of Our Middle Class. We Want American Companies To Create Decent-paying Jobs In America, Not Just Low-wage Countries Like Vietnam, Malaysia Or China. The Tpp Must Be Defeated.
Country
Jobs
America
I'm A United States Senator, And I Have A Responsibility To The People Of My State - Also To The People Of This Country.
Country
Responsibility
People
I Am Sure That There Are Some Single Payer Advocates Who Think The Only Thing Worth Fighting For Is Single Payer.
Fighting
Thinking
Worth Fighting For
Fifty Years Ago, Great Schools Like The University Of California And The City University Of New York - As Well As Many State Colleges - Were Tuition Free. Today College Is Unaffordable For Many Working Class Families. For The Sake Of Our Economy And Millions Of Americans, We Must Make Higher Education More Affordable.
New York
School
College
At The Current $5.15 An Hour, The Federal Minimum Wage Has Become A Poverty Wage. A Full-time Worker With One Child Lives Below The Official Poverty Line.
Children
Minimum Wage
Lines
At The End Of The Day, If Millions Of People Come Together And Say, We Are Not Going To Be A Xenophobic Society, We Are Not Going To Be Throwing Millions Of Latinos Out Of This Country, We Are Not Going To Be A Racist Society, We're Not Going To Be A Sexist Society, We Will Prevail.
Country
People
The End Of The Day
The Democratic Party Has Been Very Strong In A Lot Of Areas, In Fighting To Make Our Country A Less Discriminatory Country. And That Is Enormously Important.
Country
Strong
Party
One Can't Predict The Future, That Maybe Our Training And Their Fighting Capabilities Are Improving And We Are Going To Make Some Progress In Destroying Isis.
Fighting
Isis
Training
The Irs Says It Wants To Make Sure Companies Can Give Their Employees A Choice Between A New Cash Balance Plan And The Traditional Defined Benefit Plan. The Real Question Here Is Whether Companies Should Be Required To Give Their Workers That Choice.
Real
Giving
Choices
In Germany, College Tuition Is Free. In America, College Tuition Is Increasingly Unaffordable. In A Highly Competitive Global Economy, Which Country Do You Think Will Have The Best Educated Work Force And A Competitive Advantage? We Must Make Tuition Free In Public Colleges And Universities And Substantially Reduce Interest Rates On Student Loans.
Education
Country
College
I Think We Need To Take On The Greed Of The Billionaire Class, A Disastrous Campaign Finance System.
Thinking
Class
Greed
If You Want To Talk About Somebody Who's Actually Been Tough On Russia, Look At President Trump. He Wants More Fracking, More Coal, More Energy, A Stronger Military, A Stronger Defense. Those Things Aren't Good For Russia.
Military
President
Stronger
The Only Way Change Happens Is When People Become More Significantly Involved In The Political Process. We Have To Increase Voter Turnout And Citizen Participation So That People Know What's Going On And Demand A Government That Works For Everybody And Not Just The One Percent.
Government
People
Political
In Fact, Climate Change Is Directly Related To The Growth Of Terrorism.
Growth
Climate
Facts
We Are Living In The Richest Country In The History Of The World, Yet We Have The Highest Rate Of Childhood Poverty Of Almost Any Major Country And Millions Of People Are Struggling To Put Food On The Table. It Is My Absolute Conviction That Everyone In This Country Deserves A Minimum Standard Of Living And We've Got To Go Forward In The Fight To Make That Happen.
Country
Struggle
Fighting
I Will Tell You Is The Antidote To [donald] Trump Is A Very Strong Progressive Agenda That Says, Yes, I Know You`re Angry. And You Know What? You Should Be Angry Because You`re Working Longer Hours For Low Wages. You Have A Right To Be Bitter And You Have A Right To Be That.
Strong
Wages
Agendas
The Only Way Change Happens Is When People Become More Significantly Involved In The Political Process.
People
Political
Way
All Of You Are Aware Of The Tragic History Of Racism In America, But For A Very Long Time, African-americans And Their White Allies Came Together And They Struggled And They Stood Up For Justice And They Stood Up To Lynching And They Stood Up To Segregation And The Stood Up To A Nation Where African-americans Couldn't Even Vote In America.
White
America
Lynching
As A United States Senator, I've Got To Do Everything That I Can To Make Sure That Trump Does Not Become President.
President
United States
Doe
I Am Very Proud To Be The Only Candidate Up Here Who Does Not Have A Super Pac, Who's Not Raising Huge Sums Of Money From Wall Street...
Wall
Doe
Proud
The American People In My View Will Never Support A Candidate Whose Major Theme Is Bigotry.
Views
People
Support
What I Do Know Is That Drones Are A Modern Weapon. When Used Effectively, When Taking Out Isis Or Terrorist Leaders, That's Pretty Impressive. When Bombing Wedding Parties Of Innocent People And Killing Dozens Of Them, That Is, Needless To Say, Not Effective And Enormously Counterproductive. So Whatever The Mechanism, Whoever Is In Control Of That Policy, It Has To Be Refined So That We Are Killing The People We Want To Kill And Not Innocent Collateral Damage.
Party
Isis
People
We Can Combat Climate Change Effectively. What We Are Lacking Now Is Not The Brain Power, Not The Knowledge, Not The Technology. What We Are Lacking Is The Political Will Power, And We Need Your Help By The Millions To Tell Congress To Stop Worrying About Their Fossil Fuel Contributors To Their Campaigns And Worry About Their Kids And Grandchildren.
Kids
Grandchildren
Technology
Being Jewish And Having Lost Relatives In The Holocaust, I've Always Been Aware Of The Meaning Of Prejudice. These Are Things That Have Remained With Me Throughout My Political Career.
Careers
Holocaust
Political
I've Lost Six Different Times. You Can't Say, 'well, He Lost, That's The End Of The World.' You Have To Say, 'okay, You Lost, What Did We Do Wrong?
Different
World
Six
I Am Going To Do My Best To Try To Create A Country In Which Children Are Not Living In Poverty, In Which Kids Can Go To College, In Which Old People Have Health Care. Will I Succeed? I Can't Guarantee You That, But I Can Tell You That From A Human Point Of View It Is Better To Show Up Than To Give Up.
Country
Children
Giving Up
I Think Katrina Is One More Indication Of How Inefficient And Corrupt This Administration Is, And Indicates The Absolute Lack Of Seriousness That [george W.] Bush Has In Making The Government Respond To The Needs Of The People. They Are So Separated From The Lives Of Normal, Low-income People That It Never Occurred To Them That If You're Poor And Have No Money, No Car, That You Can't Leave.
Thinking
Government
People
The Debate Is Over. The Scientific Community Has Spoken In A Virtually Unanimous Voice. Climate Change Is Real. It Is Caused By Human Activity.
Real
Voice
Community
There Is Something Fundamentally Wrong About The Way We [americans] Are Moving As A Country, When Billionaires Are Able To Buy Elections As A Result Of Citizens United. There`s Something Fundamentally Wrong When 99 Percent Of All New Income Goes To The Top 1 Percent.
Country
Moving
Able
Why Is It That Two-thirds Of White, Rural Men Voted Republican? Why? That's What We Have To Address. That's Crazy. These People Are Working Longer And Longer Hours.
Crazy
Men
Two
What Are The Moral Implications? What Do These People Do When They Have Tremendous Amounts Of Money? They Use That Money To Perpetuate Their Own Wealth And Their Own Power. Every Day, Congress Works On Behalf Of Big-money Interests.
People
Use
Moral
I'm Very Proud That The State Of Vermont Banned Fracking. I Hope Communities All Over California, And All Over America Do The Same.
California
America
Community
When The Media Worries About What Hillary’s Hair Looks Like Or What My Hair Looks Like, That’s A Real Problem. We Have Millions Of People Who Are Struggling To Keep Their Heads Above Water, Who Want To Know What Candidates Can Do To Improve Their Lives, And The Media Will Very Often Spend More Time Worrying About Hair Than The Fact That We’re The Only Major Country On Earth That Doesn’t Guarantee Health Care To All People.
Country
Real
Struggle
The Police Killings Of Unarmed African Americans Has Got To Stop.
African American
Police
Killing
In Any Democratic, Civilized - Even Non-democratic Nations, If You Are A Nation, It Means To Say That In Our Case, If There's A Hurricane In Louisiana, The People Of Vermont Are There For Them. If There's A Tornado In The Midwest, We Are There For Them. If There's Flooding In The East Coast, The People In California Are There For Us.
Mean
California
People
Where America Has Got To Move Is Not Growth For The Sake Of Growth, But It`s Got To Move To A Society That Provides A High Quality Of Life For All Of Our People. In Other Words, If People Have Health Care As A Right, As Do The People Of Every Other Major Country, Then There's Less Worry About Growth. If People Have Educational Opportunity And Their Kids Can Go To College And They Have Child Care, Then There's Less Worry About Growth For The Sake Of Growth.
Country
Children
Educational
We Are Not Going Back. We Are Not Returning To The Days Of Back-room Abortions, When Countless Women Died Or Were Maimed. The Decision About Abortion Must Remain A Decision For The Woman, Her Family And A Physician To Make, Not The Government.
Government
Abortion
Decision
Instead Of Fighting Isis, (the Saudis) Have Focused More On A Campaign To Oust Iran-backed Houthi Rebels In Yemen.
Fighting
Isis
Iran
Let Us Wage A Moral And Political War Against The Billionaires And Corporate Leaders, On Wall Street And Elsewhere, Whose Policies And Greed Are Destroying The Middle Class Of America.
Wall
War
America
In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin Has Given Years Of Service To Our State After Becoming The State's First Female Governor In 1985. She Is An Inspiration To Girls Throughout Vermont And The Country In Allowing Them To Know That The Opportunities They Have Are Unlimited.
Girl
Country
Inspiration
We Are The Only Major Country On Earth That Doesn't Guarantee Health Care To All People As A Right And Yet We End Up Spending Much More Than They Do, So I Do Believe That We Have To Move Toward A Medicare For All, Single-payer System.
Country
Believe
Moving
The United States Has More People Living In Poverty Than At Almost Any Time In The Modern History Of Our Country. I Believe That In A Democratic, Civilized Society None Of Our People Should Be Hungry Or Living In Desperation. We Need To Expand Social Security, Not Cut It. We Need To Increase Funding For Nutrition Programs, Not Cut Them.
Country
Believe
Cutting
When People Get Out Of Jail, It Is Not Easy For Them To Find A Job. It Is Not Easy For Them To Return To Civil Society.
Jobs
Jail
People
We Did Really, Really Badly With Older African-american Voters. I Mean We Got Decimated.
Mean
African American
American Voters
I Want To Applaud Those Workers Rallying To Raise The Minimum Wage To $15 Per Hour. I Believe Strongly That A Great Nation Will Not Survive When So Few Have So Much And So Many Have So Little. Every Worker In America Should Be Given Respect, Dignity And The Wages And Benefits They Need To Take Care Of Their Family.
Believe
America
Minimum Wage
You All Remember How Many Years Ago, We Were Younger, It Was Uppity Women Who Are Trying To Take Our Jobs As Men. It Was Those Gay People Who Wanted To Make Everybody Homosexual In Our School System. It Was Blacks Wanted To Take White Jobs. That's What Demagoguery Is About. It Is To Obfuscate The Real Problems Facing Our Society And Find Somebody You Can Blame And Rally The American People.
Jobs
School
Gay
The Good News Is That We've Seen In Recent Years Significant Reductions In The Cost Of Solar Panels And Wind Production. We Know How Significant An Impact We Can Have By Moving Towards Energy Efficiency And Transforming Our Transportation System. So We Know What Has To Be Done. We Have To Develop The Political Will To Do It, And, As President, This Would Be An Issue Of Huge Concern To Me.
Moving
Political Will
Years
We Have More People In Jail Than Any Other Country In Earth, Disproportionately Latino And African-american.
Country
Jail
People
I Think, Clearly, We Got To Work Closely With China To Resolve The Serious Problems We Have, And I Worry About Putin And His Military Adventurism In The Crimea And The Ukraine.
Military
Thinking
Ukraine
We Have Organizations, Whether It Is Isis Or Al Qaida, Who Do Believe We Should Go Back Several Thousand Years. We Should Make Women Third-class Citizens, That We Should Allow Children To Be Sexually Assaulted. They Are A Danger To Modern Society.
Children
Believe
Isis
When We Talk About The Healthcare Crisis In America We've Got To Also Be Talking About The Dental Crisis And How To Address It.
Talking
America
Addresses
I Am Disappointed That After All Of The Struggles That We Have Had In This Country For Such A Long Time, Trying To Get Through And Beyond Racism And Bigotry And Discrimination - I Think It Is Sad. It Just Tells Us The Kind Of Work That We Have To Do As - As America, As A Nation.
Country
Struggle
Thinking
I Am Extraordinarily Proud Of The Campaign That We Ran. The Issues That We Raised, The Fact That We Got 13 Million Americans To Vote For A Political Revolution.
Issues
Political Revolution
Campaigns
It Reminds Me In Some Ways Of The Debate Taking Place In This Country And Around The World In The Late 1930s. There Were People, In This Congress, In The British Parliament Saying, 'don't Worry! Hitler's Not Real! It'll Disappear'.
Country
Real
People
As A Single-payer Advocate, I Believe That At The End Of The Day, If A State Goes Forward And Passed An Effective Single-payer Program, It Will Demonstrate That You Can Provide Quality Health Care To Every Man, Woman And Child In A More Cost-effective Way.
Children
Believe
Men
We Need A Strategy. And The Goal Is To Bring Millions Of People Together.
People
Goal
Together
Real Freedom Must Include Economic Security.
Real
Economic
Security
I Talked To A Lot Of Black Lives Activists In Various States. What I Learned Is That The Relationship Of Police Departments Around The Country With The Black Community Is Far, Far More Severe And Awful Than I Had Originally Known.
Country
Community
Police
I Don't Consider Myself A Pariah.
Pariahs
I Think That The Needs Of The Va And The Needs Of The Veteran Community Are Very, Very Significant. Цe're Talking About A Va System In Which, In The Last Years A Million-and-a-half More People Have Come Into The System. You're Dealing With 500,000 People Have Come Home From Iraq An Afghanistan With Ptsd And Tbi. You're Dealing With An Older Veterans Population From World War Ii And Korea Who Need Some Difficult Medical Help. We Want To See It Be More Efficient. We Want To See Doctors Go To Where They're Needed.
War
Home
Thinking
In Terms Of Iran And In Terms Of Saudi Arabia, Of Course They Hate Each Other. That's No Great Secret. But John Kerry, Who Is I Think Doing A Very Good Job, Has Tried To At Least Get These People In The Room Together Because Both Of Them Are Being Threatened By Isis.
Jobs
Hate
Thinking
I Would Love To Have The Endorsement Of Every Progressive Organization In America. We're Very Proud To Have Received Recently The Endorsement Of Moveon.org. We've Received The Endorsement Democracy For America. These Are Grassroots Organizations Representing Millions Of Workers.
America
Organization
Democracy
I Do Not Accept The Belief That The United States Of America And Our Government Can't Stand Up To The Ripoffs Of The Pharmaceutical Industry Which Charge Us By Far The Highest Prices In The World For Prescription Drugs.
America
Government
Drug
The First Thing That I've Got To Think About Is: What Does A Donald Trump Presidency Mean For The People Of My State And For The People Of This Country? And For The People Of The World? I Think It Would Be An Absolute Disaster. It Would Be Beyond A Disaster.
Country
Mean
Thinking
If You`re A Republican Politician And You`re Seeing This Guy [donald Trump] Saying Crazy Stuff And Going Up In The Polls, What Are You Going To Say, You`re Going To Say Equally Crazy Or Maybe A Little Less Crazy Stuff.
Crazy
Guy
Littles
I Think We Bring Together That Broad Coalition Including Russia To Help Us Destroy Isis And Work On A Timetable To Get Rid Of Assad, Hopefully Through Democratic Elections. First Priority, Destroy Isis.
Thinking
Russia
Isis
Things Are Getting Worse. You Know, When You Look At This Campaign, And You Realize The Enormously Serious Issues This Country Faces, Right, We Got A Collapsing Middle Class. We Have More Wealth And Income Inequality Today Than We've Had Since The 1920s. We Have All Of These Enormous Issues.
Country
Today
Serious
It's No Great Secret, Number One, In My View, And I Think The View Of Most Americans, That Congress Itself Is Pretty Dysfunctional. We Are Not Addressing The Real Needs Of The American People. And Second Of All, Philosophically, There Is A Huge Division Between The House And The Senate.
Real
Thinking
People
Millions Are Unemployed And Our Roads Are Falling Apart. If We Can Spend $6 Trillion Sending People To War, We Can Spend $1 Trillion To Put Americans To Work Fixing Our Nation's Crumbling Infrastructure. Let's Rebuild America And Create Jobs.
Jobs
War
Fall
I Will Challenge Anybody With Regard To My Record On Lgbt Issues.
Issues
Challenges
Records
I Am Not Supportive Of Large Multi-national Corporations That Made Billions A Year In Profit And Don't Pay A Nickel In Taxes, Nor Am I Supportive Of Those Corporations Who Throw American Workers Out On The Street And Then Move To China Or Mexico.
Moving
Years
Supportive
In Terms Of The Nature Of The Continuation Of The Cold War, Which Has Gone On So Long Between Cuba And The United States, I Applaud The President For Aggressively Trying To End It And I Hope We Will Have Not Only Full Diplomatic Relations, But That The Trade Embargo Will End.
War
Long
Trying
I Worry Very, Very Much About An Isolated Country. That's What Makes Me Nervous. Russia Lives In The World. China Lives In The World. North Korea Is A Very, Very Strange Country Because It Is So Isolated, And I Do Feel That A Nation With Nuclear Weapons, They Have Got To Be Dealt With. Dealt With Effectively.
Country
Russia
Korea
I Understood That These Trade Agreements Were Going To Destroy The Middle Class Of This Country. I Led The Fight Against Us. That Is One Of The Major Differences That We Have.
Country
Fighting
Agreement
The Government Of Our Great Country Belongs To All Of The People And Not Just A Handful Of The Wealthy.
Country
Government
People
We've Had A Number Of Economists Supporting Our Legislation. And Here's Where We Are. The American People Can Judge. Six Largest Financial Institutions In America Today Have Assets Of Roughly $10 Trillion; Equivalent To 58 Percent Of The Gdp Of The United States Of America.
Gdp
Numbers
America
We Need To Recognize The Incredible Challenges That So Many Parents Face, Especially Working Moms. We Need To Join The Rest Of The Advanced World.
Mom
Parent
Challenges
Together, Leading The World, The U.s.a. Will Rid Our Planet Of This Barbarous Organization Called Isis.
Isis
Organization
Together
I Move That Hillary Clinton Be Selected As The Nominee Of The Democratic Party For President Of The United States.
Party
Moving
President
When You Look At Somebody Like A Netanyahu, To Simply Not Understand That This Is A Right-wing Politician, A Guy Who Kind Of Crashed The United States Congress To Give His Speech There, Ignoring President Obama, Not Even Consulting With Him, Using It For Political Purposes Back Home, A Guy Who Has Supported The Youth - The Growth Of Settlement, I Think The - The Overreaction And The Destruction Of Gaza Went Too, Too Far. Israel Should Not Be Bombing Schools Or Homes, Just Terrible Damage There.
Home
School
Thinking
How Can The United States Be Competitive Globally If Higher Education Is Unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland And Sweden Have No Tuition For College. Other Countries Have Low Tuition. We Need The Best Educated Workforce In The World. Instead Of Spending Endless Amounts On The Military, We Need To Invest In Our Young People.
Education
Country
Military
If You Look At Our Records, I Stood Up To Corporate America Time And Time Again. I Went To Mexico. I Saw The Lives Of People Who Were Working In American Factories And Making $0.25 An Hour.
America
People
Looks
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.


2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.


2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.


2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.


3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.


4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


5. Common Mistakes to Avoid


5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.


5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.


5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.



6. Quotes in Different Contexts


6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.



7. Punctuation and Formatting


Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:


Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.


Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



8. Ethical Considerations


Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes


Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.



Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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